Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it is going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to travel to a different state for health care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company finest known for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to offer the benefit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to offer similar support to their U.S. workers who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday told employees it can pay up to $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it will start in Might to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who must travel to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse journey bills associated to receiving girls's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the correct to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make a similar dedication. learn extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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